Last night’s competition was held at 404 NYC in Hell’s Kitchen, where a packed room of investors, fellow entrepreneurs, and members of the NYC tech community learned about some of the innovative things startups are doing in NYC. According to 1776 cofounder Evan Burfield, the startups that pitched at last night’s competition were selected from the more than 100 startups that applied to compete in the Challenge Cup New York regional competition.

Each startup at last night’s event got the opportunity to provide an initial one-minute pitch to the judges. The batch of startups was then narrowed down for the second round of the competition where each startup got an additional five minutes to further explain their companies and the solutions they’re offering. Despite the many great innovations coming from the NYC startups, though, ultimately only four winning startups made it through to the next stage of the the Challenge Cup competition.

Here are the four winning startups in each of the catgories of health, education, energy, and cities at the Challenge Cup 2015 New York regional competition:

Sealed: Sealed partners with trusted, certified contractors to install and maintain energy-saving home improvements to guarantee that residents will save money after making energy-saving home improvements.

OpenBeds: OpenBeds facilitates transferring patients between hospitals to get them the specialty care they need.

Bandwagon: Bandwagon makes it easy for people to share rides in taxis and car services with a platform for on-demand transportation that is affordable and sustainable.

These four startups have advanced to the next stage of the Challenge Cup. In May of next year, they will join the 60 other finalist startups from across the world in 1776 Challenge Festival, where they will compete for $650,000 in prizes and connect with influential mentors, corporate partners, policymakers, and potential investors in Washington, D.C.

Did you like this article?

Sorry about that. Try these articles instead!

Ronald Barba was the previous managing editor of Tech.Co. His primary story interests include industry trends, consumer-facing apps/products, the startup lifestyle, business ethics, diversity in tech, and what-is-this-bullsh*t things.

Aside from writing about startups and entrepreneurship, Ronald is interested in ‘Doctor Who’, Murakami, ‘The Mindy Project’, and fried chicken. He is currently based in New York because he mistakenly studied philosophy in college and is now a “writer”. Tweet @RonaldPBarba.